diff --git a/playbooks/groups/copr-backend.yml b/playbooks/groups/copr-backend.yml
index 10b266ee7f..043dd19309 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/copr-backend.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/copr-backend.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@
   tasks:
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/persistent_cloud_new.yml"
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/growroot_cloud.yml"
+  - name: gather facts
+    setup:
+    always_run: True
+    ignore_errors: True
+    register: facts
+
+  - name: install python2 and dnf stuff
+    raw: dnf -y install python-dnf libselinux-python
+    when: facts|failed
 
 - name: cloud basic setup
   hosts: copr-back-stg